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Moonlight and Rosesby  Jack Halliday
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A screenwriter finds more than he bargained for during a late-night stroll with an actress, in this noir, short script. Award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Accidents Happenby  Steven Blows
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A man questions his responsibilities when he goes to the toilet and unexpectedly gives birth to an egg.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pursuit of Happiness a Constitutional Rightby  Fausto Politi
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In 2221 happiness is a primary asset granted by a Constitutional Right. A man gets the permission to kill his wife being in the dark that his wife had the same permission.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Loudest Clapby  Kudzai Zigarwi
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A down-and-out young man, written off by his parents and surrounded by failure, finds unlikely healing by clapping for strangers at their celebrationsuntil his selfless joy sparks a transformation that leads the applause back to him.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Guns, Guts, & Gucciby  DC Copeland
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A top secret government agency assists a "mature" man in getting a job based on his merits despite his age. With commentary by Rod Serling.

Genre: Drama
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beat of Your Own Drumby  Judah Ray
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In a black-and-white world, Iris, a struggling singer, and David, an eccentric drummer, find solace in their own musical pursuits until their paths cross, igniting a harmonious connection that brings color to their lives.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bataanby  Robert Michael Benn
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3 characters battle on the Philippines during WW 2 & then meet again 20 years later in San Francisco. Two great battle scenes occur. A happy ending!

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Twisted mindby  Christine LARA
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"Twisted Minds Unite" revolves around a specialized team formed within the FBI to apprehend a new type of serial killer who is not only intelligent and organized but also has significant influence within society. The team consists of individuals with unique skills, each with a personal history of trauma, which drives their pursuit of justice.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Brain Freezeby  Jon Platt
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Far in the future, a teenage schoolgirl has the cryogenically frozen head of a scientist of our time thawed...to help her with her history homework.

Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Accuser's Pantsby  Danny King
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Accused of another's faults, a man stays silent, knowing that false blame is loud, temporary, and that real character, and the guilty, always reveal themselves.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dance Your Dreamsby  Christine Lara
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A passionate young dancer prepares for the audition of her life at the Opra Garnier, but a chance encounter with a man seeking redemption at the Caf de la Paix may change both their destinies.

Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Allen Ginsberg - Epiphaniesby  Robert Michael Benn
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Alan Ginsberg wrote the epiphanies of HOWL and is read today alongside Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, and William Burroughs. He died reciting HOWL.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
You're Mineby  DJ Robbins
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An OnlyFans model encounters an obsessed fan who is currently stalking her.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Eavesdropperby  Charles Webb
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On a late-night train ride, a comic book loving kid overhears a sinister plot.

Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blade of Betrayalby  Christine LARA
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After the tragic death of his mother, Ken Deluisart moves to Japan, immersing himself in its culture and martial arts. When he returns to France for his father's funeral, he's plunged into a treacherous web of family deceit. Targeted for his inheritance, Ken must confront his cousin's betrayal and unearth the truth behind his father's death before it's too late.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Killergartenby  Chris Fell
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Being devoted assassins and parents makes up for a healthy work-life-death balance.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Faceby  Simon Parker
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A woman sacrifices everything for the perfect face, only to become a target of uncontrollable desire. Forced into hiding, she is pursued by a detective whose accidental glimpse of her face turns him into her next victim.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Reflectionsby  Dewayne C Bricker
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When three stranded friends take shelter in an abandoned swamp cabin, they discover a mirror that exposes their darkest secretsand demands the truth before it devours them whole.

Genre: Horror
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pol Pot & the Khmer Rougeby  Robert Michael Benn
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Pol Pot is tutored by Mao. He forms the Khmer rouge & Overruns Cambodia. He kills 2 million countrymen by pickaxe & starvation. The US invades during the Viet Nam war, then the North Vietnamese take over the country. Pol Pot retires to the countryside & dies a natural death.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Same Woman as a Wholeby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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Down on her knuckles on a broken road, the energy of life explains why women should bond together as one and uplift each other. 

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lathroby  Aliki Sakallerou-Kokkinou
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A refugee from Syria lands with his family on a Greek island but discovers he is unable to wholly protect his family from racists.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Escortsby  Kami sadraei
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Struggling to pay for his mother's hospice care, a down on his luck actor gets dragged into the violent criminal underworld of Los Angeles by getting a job driving 2 escorts.

Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Watchersby  S.C. Smith
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A high school senior, once haunted by mysterious events, is thrust back into a nightmarish realm when a dark figure reemerges, leading him on a perilous journey.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Benjamin Franklin, America's First Diplomatby  Robert Michael Benn
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Benjamin Franklin is in Paris as America's first Commissioner. He negotiates a treaty with King Louis to provide support for the American Revolution. He catches lightening in a jar, creates the first battery & invents bifocals. He edited & signed the Declaration of Independence.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Poor Santaby  Hiabu Hassebu
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A family struggles to celebrate Christmas amidst the killer Virus Covid-19.

Genre: Family
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mister Christmasby  Jason K. Allen
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When Albert meets his girlfriend's parents and sees their inadequate Christmas tree, he decides to give them a few pointers on the meaning of Christmas. (One location, four characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby  John Porter
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A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own.

Genre: Musical
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Only the Windby  DJ Robbins
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Jack is spending his first Christmas without his father and is given the chance for one last Christmas with him.

Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Darker Side of Goodnessby  John Porter
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A horror/dark comedy/Halloween script based on Cheryl Pierson's short story in which a young man meets a demon who offers him the chance to see whether his wife really does love him.

Genre: Horror
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Into the smogby  Simon Parker
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In a post-apocalyptic world shrouded in toxic green smog, two sisters must learn to survive and reclaim their freedom from a man who controls their fate through his precious vegetable garden.

Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
First Dateby  Alan Barkley
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A widow and a widower meet for the first time in a public park. They must first navigate the choppy waters of compatibility to see if there is a connection". Exterior location. Two characters.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Real Heroesby  Tina Field Howe
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Convinced they're the good guys, brother and sister drug dealers dispose of the competition to 'save' their neighborhood.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Sleep Studyby  Kudzai Zigarwi
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When a group of volunteers joins a mysterious sleep study, their dreams spiral into waking nightmares and they soon realize the true experiment is unlocking something far more dangerous than sleep.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cowardly Lyonsby  Patrice Sarath
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The squabbling Lyon family comes together to protect their matriarch when she's haunted by a disapproving spirit.

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
New Amendmentby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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One man's passionate monologue on law and religion unfolds, revealing the thin line between conviction and chaoswill his petition bring change, or simply the solitude he's chosen?

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gatorsby  Linda Kampley
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An emotionally troubled woman becomes fascinated by 'gators.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beachside Bluesby  Kudzai Zigarwi
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When a handbag is snatched at a sunny beach, two rival detectives - one brash from NYPD, the other slick from LAPD - put their egos on full display as they clash over crime-solving tactics, only to discover that teamwork (and not forgetting their kids) might be the real win of the day.

Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Seven Years and a Windowby  Danny King
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A devoted highschool teacher who stages a desperate escape plan, with the help of one of his own students to rescue his Indian girlfriend from her arranged marriage, only to learn, after risking everything, that she has already chosen someone else.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fly Squattingby  Steven Blows
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A mother grieving for the loss of her daughter takes her anger out on a pesky fly that won't leave her alone.

Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby  John F Daly
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5 people get on an elevator in the present day and get brought back in time to 1943, where they become stranded.

Genre: Fantasy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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